Ijjdoor-base-ball game



W. L. DE HAVEN.

INDOOR BASE BALL GAME. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1917.

L flfififig Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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W. L. DE HAVEN.

INDOOR BASE BALL GAME.

, APPLICATlON FILED MAY 2. 1917.

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WILLIAM L. DE HAVEN, 0F WIOI-IITA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOCHESTER A. LATHAM, OF WIGHITA, KANSAS.

INDOOR-BASE-BALL GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Application filed May 2, 1917. Serial No. 156,033.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMl L. Dn HAVEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at 540 Wabash Ave., Wichita, in the county of Sedgwickand State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Indoor- Base-BallGame, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toys and more particularly tochildrens games, and has for its object to provide a novel, simple, andentertaining base-ball game adapted to be played indoors and tomechanically simulate certain features of the real national game.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in thecombination, arrangement, and details of construction disclosed in thedrawings and specification and then more particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawings, wherein similar reference characters designate similarparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof with one wall removed therefrom todisclose the interior of the game inclosure,

Fig. 3 is a fragmental view of the bottom of my invention showing aturntable to be described,

Fig. A is a detail plan view of the projector mechanism, partly brokenaway,

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 4,

gig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view, an

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view.

In the drawings which are merely illustrative of my invention Adesignates a suitable casing or inclosure the bottom of which isdesignated B. A longitudinal guide is provided which consists of acentral main body portion sloping from high at the rear to low at thefront of the inclosure, the side portions P of this guide slopingupwardly in opposite directions from the central main body portion. Thisassures that a ball will roll down the incline toward initial position.The top, sides, and ends of the inclosure may consist of open-workwalls, as illustrated at E to permit observation of the variousmovements of the game. Mounted so as to project forwardly of the frontand rear walls of the inclosure are the catch receptacles D and Drespectively, the catch receptacles D D not having any bottom thereon.Formed on the bottom of the inclosure in back of the ball projector tobe described, is a ball retaining depression F in which the ball is tobe placed so as to be positioned immediately above the ring H of theprojector lever C, so that this ball will readily be seated upon thisring H. This projector lever G has an L-shaped arm I which is formed atits free end with an integral crank a. The arm I is journaled in saidinclosure in such a manner that its crank will be disposed externally ofsaid inclosure where the same may be readily grasped. A pin J is formedupon the arm I, and a connecting rod a is pivotally secured to said pinJ at one end and is pivotally secured at its opposite end to a bellcranklever g fixed upon a shaft K upon which is secured immediately in frontof the catch receptacle D a turntable b. A pin L projects through anarcuate slot M formed upon the turntable to limit the distance which theturntable will rotate. Springs h are fixedly secured at one end and attheir free ends they are secured respectively, to the opposing ends ofthe bell-crank g. Mounted upon the turntable is a figure B of a batterwith his arms holding the bat in a position to strike the ball when theturntable is revolved.

It will be seen that when the crank is taken hold of and turned thiswill cause the rotation of the arm I of the projector, and as this armturns the connecting arm or rod a is pushed so as to turn the bell-cranklever g and with it the turntable b with the batter thereon. Theturntable will revolve against the tension of the springs h, and whenarm I turns the ring H is carried upwardly and forwardly and the ball 0is projected or thrown forwardly in the direction of the bottom at aboutthe exact moment that the batters arm moves to hit the ball. When theball happens to be struck the force may project the ball back again toits initial position, but the ball may pass the batter, when projectedforwardly and find lodgment in the catch receptacle D whence it willdrop back upon the inclined bottom of the guide.

Numerous modifications may be resorted to in practice without departingin principle from the details of construction herein disclosed.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new and Wish tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the kind described, in combination, a casing, an inclinedbottom therein having a ball-retaining depression therein at the base ofsaid inclined bottom, a shaft journaled transversely in said casing, acrank arm on said shaft moving vertically, a ring formed upon said crankarm upon Which the ball is adapted to seat, a crank formed upon saidshaft for turning the same, a turntable at the other end of saidinclined bottom, a figure of a batter thereon With outstretched arms, aconnecting rod connecting said turntable and said shaft for revolvingsaid turntable as said shaft revolves, and means forautomaticallyreturning said turntable, when pressure is removed fromsaid crank.

WILLIAM L. DE" HAVEN.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, :byaddressing the Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. 0."

